WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Junior Hanna Mar and Senior Mary
Clayton won both of their singles matches on Saturday to advance to the
quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Regional Championships at the Wake Forest Indoor
Tennis Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. The tournament is set to continue on
Sunday with the final three rounds of the singles draw and the final two rounds
of doubles beginning at 9 a.m.

In the
second round of the singles main draw, No. 35 Mar downed Brooke McAmis of
College of Charleston, 6-4, 6-2 before defeating Brooke McAmis of College of
Charleston, 6-4, 6-2, to advance. Clayton, ranked 44th in the preseason polls, edged Laura
Slater of North Carolina in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 before topping Nitooli
Wilkins of UNC-Greensboro, 6-3, 6-4.

Sophomore
Ester Goldfeld, ranked 68th, cruised past College of Charleston’s
Christin Newman, 6-2, 6-1 in the second round before falling to Katarina Popova
of South Carolina in a three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Sophomore Annie Mulholland
outlasted Elisha Hande of North Carolina State, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in her second
round match-up, but was edged in the round of 16 by North Carolina’s Whitney Kay
, 6-4, 6-3.

In
doubles action, the duo of Mar and Goldfeld eliminated Frida Jansacker and Jordan
Johnston of Elon, 8-5 to advance to the semifinals of the main draw. Mar and
Goldfeld are slated to face Ashley Dai and Whitney Kay of North Carolina on
Sunday morning for a chance to advance to the championship match.

The
tournament is set to begin on Sunday at 9 a.m. Live stats can be found on the
tournament central homepage or by clicking here.